Even though this is a little "OT". This thread reminds me of something I read in the Blender forums.
Q: "How do I do X in Blender?" 2 replies, no solution. Q: "Blender sucks because it can't do X." 53 replies, 8 solutions. 3 sample files. The difference here though is that we don't need to say that Softimage sucks :) People help out anyway. regards stefan andersson On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Kai Wolter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marc, > > Make sure you are not fooled by max script here, where arrays are 1-based. > I used pc2 a lot in the past when exporting deformations from Maya or XSI > to 3ds Max, and FBX always did a good job to get meshes from one package > into the other. > I am sure Alembic and probably collada works as well, but are not > required. The obj implementations in both packages are a bit finicky though. > > Kai > > > > > On 01/11/2012, at 7:17 PM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ben and thanks for your generous offer. ;)**** > > The problem seems to be that the point #0 in Softimage is point #1 in MAX. > **** > Apparently in MAX, they don’t require a point #0, they just start at #1!** > ** > So all the points get offsetted by one. It doesn’t seem to be a problem on > a regular sphere…the cache applies fine?!!**** > > I’ll put the solution up once we find out.**** > Thanks**** > MAC**** > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:softimage- > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ben Houston > *Sent:* 1 novembre 2012 09:34 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Urgent : Point reordering problem on PC2 caches**** > > My obvious contribution: Can you transfer it via Alembic? I can give you > guys a full featured trial license to see if it can help. Crate / Alembic > does support transfer of normals, clusters/material groups and multiple UV > sets these days.**** > > BTW these 3D programs can sometimes reorder vertices if have bad topology > in an attempt to fix the geometry. BUt that isn't just reordering that > usually involves adding vertices. I've never actually see vertex > reordering outside of bad topology in our Crate solution, thus it confuses > me on why you are running into this.**** > > > -ben**** > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > Nope. It keeps the same index.**** > **** > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Sandy Sutherland > *Sent:* 1 novembre 2012 09:04 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Urgent : Point reordering problem on PC2 caches**** > **** > Try selecting all polys and doing a poly extract - leave the history live > - then cache the extracted one! Used to do this to get ncloth stuff to work > with soft. > > S.**** > **** > * * > Sandy Sutherland <[email protected]> | Technical > Supervisor**** > <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > **** <http://triggerfish.co.za/en> > ------------------------------ > <http://triggerfish.co.za/en> > ** ** > > *From:* *[email protected]* [* > [email protected]*] on behalf of Marc-Andre > Carbonneau [*[email protected]*] > *Sent:* 01 November 2012 14:57 > *To:* *[email protected]* > *Subject:* Urgent : Point reordering problem on PC2 > caches<http://triggerfish.co.za/en> > **** > Hello, <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > I’m caching a character in Softimage with PC2 and bringing it to > MAX.<http://triggerfish.co.za/en> > **** > The problem is that the point ordering is different! I’m sure I am not the > only one that encountered this problem. What do you guys > do?<http://triggerfish.co.za/en> > **** > Is there a ICE Compound already that re-orders the points prior to caching > or what’s the secret technique? <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > Thanks <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > MAC <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > > > <http://triggerfish.co.za/en>**** > -- > Best regards, > Ben Houston > Voice: *613-762-4113* Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom > *http://Exocortex.com* - Passionate CG Software > Professionals.<http://triggerfish.co.za/en> > > > -- stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com
